happiness

Happiness, Money and Financial Freedom Research on happiness says that we are happier if we get experiences, not things. After announcing to my friends that I had reached peak stuff and was becoming minimalist, they laughed! I was very happy to receive a yoga workshop from one friend and a gift certificate for a natural […]

When it comes to clutter, it is often most difficult to clear sentimental clutter. If you find the task of clearing sentimental clutter difficult, then read on. I read quite a few books while I had access to the USA library system this summer (the English system is still in the dark ages I’m afraid). […]

The new school year is starting and summer is ending. This makes for the perfect time to set good habits. Every time you come back from a holiday, it is a great time to put in place new routines, structures and good habits. The longer the break from your normal routine, the easier it is […]

“While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior.” ––Henry C. Link What is a key to success that we often overlook? Making mistakes or failure. I was talking to one of my client’s today. She mentioned that she was afraid of making mistakes in her business. […]

In one of my Coach Yourself to Success Online call-in hours, we discussed why we keep negative or self-defeating behaviors in place. It is easy to see the costs of an unwanted behavior. It isn’t so easy to see the benefit or payoff. If there were no benefit, then we would quickly eliminate the undesirable […]

I recently read a news story about a lottery winner who squandered his entire 16 million dollar winnings in just one year. What’s worse is that he ended up $100,000 in debt. (You can read more about it here.) This isn’t unusual. Statistics show that 70% of lottery winners end up losing it all. One […]

.Understanding your personal and emotional needs is the real secret to successful relationships. I was astounded by some recent emails from folks who wanted to learn more about personal and emotional needs. I was thinking, but wait… my second book, The Secret Laws of Attraction: The Effortless Way to Get the Relationship You Want, addresses […]

It is easy to get carried away with stuff. There is an underlying assumption in the US that the bigger something is, the better. Living in the UK for the past few years has shown me that bigger isn’t always better. In fact, over here, they often are suspicious of things that are too big. […]

Do you stop 10% shy of success? Do you turn things in late even when you had the time to turn them in early? Why do we engage in self-destructive behaviors? And more importantly, how do we stop sabotaging our success? The underlying belief that leads to self-sabotaging behavior is some version of “I’m not […]